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4-Year-Old Girl Shot By Wanted Murderer, Police In Pennsylvania Say 4-Year-Old Girl Shot By Wanted Murderer, Police In Pennsylvania Say
4-Year-Old Girl Shot By Wanted Murderer, Police In Pennsylvania Say A 47-year-old convicted murderer is wanted following a stand-off in Harrisburg over the weekend that left a 4-year-old girl— along with two others— shot, authorities explained on Monday, Sept. 11, 2023.  Shawn Tyrone Jason is wanted on three felony criminal homicide attempt charges, felony aggravated assault, and felony person not to possess a firearm, according to the Harrisburg Police.  Officers and SWAT were called to the reported shooting in the 1800 block of North Street just before 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 9. After an approximately five-hour-long standoff, SWAT entere…

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PA Murderer Of MD Soldier Over $24 Found Dead: DOC PA Murderer Of MD Soldier Over $24 Found Dead: DOC
PA Murderer Of MD Soldier Over $24 Found Dead: DOC A 34-year-old killer serving a life sentence— for murdering a former US Army soldier during a robbery of $24— has died, according to a release by the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections on Thursday, April 13, 2023.  Ryan Lynn Horton, was found unresponsive in his cell on April 11, Eric Tice, superintendent of the State Correctional Institution at Somerset announced.  "Prison staff and medical personnel immediately responded and provided life-saving measures. EMS arrived and advanced life support measures were continued," Tice stated in the release.  Horton was declared deceased at 6:1…

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Millersville Man Among Two Dead In SCI Rockview: PA DOC Millersville Man Among Two Dead In SCI Rockview: PA DOC
Millersville Man Among Two Dead In SCI Rockview: PA DOC A man who intimidated a witness and a man who repeatedly raped a six-year-old girl were both found unresponsive in their cells and have died, the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections tells Daily Voice.  Robert Dale Williams, 40, of Millersville, was found unresponsive inside his cell at the state correctional institutional Rockview in Benner Township on Friday, March 3, 2023, and Andrew Yuhas, 61, of Wilkes-Barre, was also found the same way in his cell the following Monday, March 6, according to two separate statements from the DOC. In both cases, SCI Rockview Prison staff and …

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PA Man Who Murdered His Boyfriend Found Dead In Prison Cell: DOC PA Man Who Murdered His Boyfriend Found Dead In Prison Cell: DOC
PA Man Who Murdered His Boyfriend Found Dead In Prison Cell: DOC A confessed and convicted killer who struggled with mental health issues has died in prison, according to a release by the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections.  Matthew VanZandt, 33, originally of Allentown, was found unresponsive in his cell in SCI Houtzdale in Clearfield County on May 11, 2022, the release shows. Prison security and medical staff immediately responded and provided life-saving measures until EMS arrived at the facility. Vanzandt was pronounced dead at 8:11 p.m., acting Superintendent David Close. VanZandt was serving a 12- to 24-year sentence for First Degree Murder…

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Inmate Found With Drugs Arrested At Community Corrections Center: PA State Police Inmate Found With Drugs Arrested At Community Corrections Center: PA State Police
Inmate Found With Drugs Arrested At Community Corrections Center: PA State Police An inmate at a Pennsylvania correctional facility was found with drugs in his locker, according to a release by Pennsylvania state police. Tayler James Holland, 24, of Harrisburg, was found to have marijuana in his locker at Harrisburg PA Community Corrections Center located at 27 North Cameron Street in Harrisburg on Tuesday shortly before 3 p.m., the release shows. A community corrections center is a type of halfway house for Pennsylvania Department of Corrections inmates who have already served at least nine months in a state prison, and have complied with prison rules without having a…

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PA Man Who Strangled Infant Son He Had With Underage Girl Found Dead In Prison: DOC PA Man Who Strangled Infant Son He Had With Underage Girl Found Dead In Prison: DOC
PA Man Who Strangled Infant Son He Had With Underage Girl Found Dead In Prison: DOC A Pennsylvania man convicted of strangling the newborn son he'd had with an underage girl, was found dead by hanging, according to officials. Christopher Lee Kennedy, 42, of Wampam, Lawrence County, was found unresponsive in his cell at the State Correctional Institution– Rockview at Bellefonte, in Centre County Pennsylvania last Friday, according to a release by the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections. Prison staff immediately responded and provided life-saving measures until facility medical personnel arrived, according to the release. When EMS arrived and advanced life support measur…

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$8.5M Settlement Reached In Pepper Spray Death Of Philadelphia Inmate $8.5M Settlement Reached In Pepper Spray Death Of Philadelphia Inmate
$8.5M Settlement Reached In Pepper Spray Death Of Philadelphia Inmate The family of an inmate who died after pepper spray was used on him at a state prison in 2019 will receive an $8.5 million settlement -- the largest settlement for a state prison death in Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections filed the agreement for Tyrone Briggs' family on Tuesday, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports.  Briggs -- who had asthma -- was arrested at 15 years old for raping a girl two years his junior at gunpoint.  He was facing up to 30 years in the State Correctional Institution at Mahanoy, when a corrections officer tried to break up a f…

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Ex-Con Trucker Who Sexually Assaulted NJ Woman After PA Crash Gets 20 Years Ex-Con Trucker Who Sexually Assaulted NJ Woman After PA Crash Gets 20 Years
Ex-Con Trucker Who Sexually Assaulted NJ Woman After PA Crash Gets 20 Years A 41-year-old North Carolina truck driver who sexually assaulted a New Jersey woman cleaning out her car moments after a Pennsylvania crash was sentenced to up 20 years in prison, authorities said. Demetrice Herron approached the woman getting items out of her disabled car in a remote lot behind a garage after the crash on Oct. 19, 2018, the Dauphin County District Attorney's Office said. After making small talk, Herron pushed the woman into the wrecked car and sexually assaulted her, authorities said. The victim returned to New Jersey where she obtained medical treatment resulting in …

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by Cecilia Levine